Chapter 1 of Christmas at Punkin Holler is here in full — 710 sentences across 142 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Christmas at Punkin Holler is here in full — 710 sentences across 142 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
By Edna Randolph Worrell. These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments. The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy. Children like them. Everybody likes them.
Chapter 1 of Christmas at Punkin Holler is here in full — 710 sentences across 142 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having concealed difficulty
From this reading “The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.”
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading “The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.”
plural of “entertainment” — an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
From this reading “These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.”
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading “The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.”
every person
From this reading “Everybody likes them.”
plural of “like” — a similar kind
From this reading “Everybody likes them.”
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading “The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.”
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading “These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.”
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In this reading “These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.
the two together, not just one
From this reading The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By Edna Randolph Worrell.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.
having concealed difficulty
From this reading The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.
plural of “child” — a young person of either sex
From this reading Children like them.
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
From this reading The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.
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From this reading By Edna Randolph Worrell.
plural of “entertainment” — an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
From this reading These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.
every person
From this reading Everybody likes them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Children like them.
plural of “like” — a similar kind
From this reading Everybody likes them.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.
an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
From this reading The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading By Edna Randolph Worrell.
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Children like them.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading These songs can be used in all manner of entertainments.
the words that are spoken
From this reading The music is easy, and both music and words are especially catchy.
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From this reading By Edna Randolph Worrell.
Chapter 1 of Christmas at Punkin Holler by Elizabeth F. (Elizabeth Frances) Guptill holds 710 sentences, grouped into 142 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 710 sentences of Christmas at Punkin Holler, unabridged, divided into 142 reading sections.
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